Commit 3ec8ce5d authored Jul 13, 2018 by Thomas Gleixner

Documentation: Add section about CPU vulnerabilities



Add documentation for the L1TF vulnerability and the mitigation mechanisms:

  - Explain the problem and risks
  - Document the mitigation mechanisms
  - Document the command line controls
  - Document the sysfs files

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180713142323.287429944@linutronix.de

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Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst

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		kernel-parameters
		devices

		This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and provides an overview of the
		possible mitigations along with guidance for selecting mitigations if they
		are configurable at compile, boot or run time.

		.. toctree::
		:maxdepth: 1

		l1tf

		Here is a set of documents aimed at users who are trying to track down
		problems and bugs in particular.

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